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Al Gallant: Surf Wax-ing Nostaglic

Today, paraffin is still the main surf wax ingredient, along with beeswax, petroleum-based products, rubber or resin, and plastics for temperature control. Ingredients are mixed and heated to 130 degrees, then poured into metal molds.

10th Annual Gala

Marge Calhoun - Surfing’s Golden Girl - 1924-2017

a few words from Jane Schmauss, CSM Historian Marge Booth Calhoun was born in Hollywood in 1924 and raised in the pristine California that only her generation knew. Open spaces, clean, clear air, wide beaches -all invited daredevil exploration, and Marge sampled it all. Her dad would take her to Venice Beach and put her… Read more »